Cushion tire and rim



Dec. 28 1926. 1,612,294

* N. B. KREPOKAVICH CUSHION TIRE AND RIM 1 Filed Jgne 8, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. I

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N. B. KREPOKAVICH CUSHION TIRE AND RIM Filed June 8, 1922 2 -3h eecs-Sheet 2 FIG. 2.

Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

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CUSHION TIRE .IAND RIM.

Application filed June 8,

This invention relates to certain new and usetul improvements in cushion tires and rims and has particular reterence to a SOllCl rubber tire supported by a sectional rim that is anchored to the telly ot a wheel.

A turther object ot the invention resides in the provision ot a sectional rim tor supporting a cushion tire wherein the sections ot the rim embody telescoping or overlapping plate or band members extending substantially the tull width ot the tire, a telly band and securing clamps associated with the wheel telly being provided tor anchor in the sectional rim to the telly.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature ot the invention'is better imderstood the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement t parts hereinafter more tully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings torming a part 0t this application and in which like designating; characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view ot a cushion tire and rim constructed in accordance with the present invention, the same being illustrated as mounted upon a spoke wheel,

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional View taken on line 11-11 ot Fig. 1, showing the sectional rim supporting the cushion tire anchored to the wheel telly,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view ot the wheel telly with a portion of the telly band secured thereto,

Fig. 4 is a tragmentary perspective view of a portion of one ot the rim sections,

Fig. 5 is a tragmentary perspective view ot the other rim section,

Fig. 6 is a tragmentary longitudinal sectional view ot a portion ot the ti e showing the circumterentially extending air pockets in the cushion tire, and

Fig. 7 is a tragmentary perspective view ot a modified torm ot tire.

Referring more in detail tothe accompanying drenvings and particularly to Fig. 1 there is illustrated a cushion tire and rim support, the tire being designated by the reterence numeral 1 carried by a sectional rim that is mounted upon the telly 2 ot a spoke wheel 3, the sectional rim being secured 1922. Serial No. 566,805.

thereto by removable clamps 4 anchored to thetellyby bolts 5.

The torm oi tire 1s shown more clearly in Figures 2 and '6, the same being ot the solid rubber ype havin circumterentially extending air pockets 6 termed therein with a base portion '7 carried by. the innertace thereof and having side flanges defining c-ircumterentially extending side pockets 8 as clearly illustrated, To reintorce-thc base portion 7, transversely extending rods 9 are carried thereby.

The sectional rim supporting the cushion tire 1 embodies an annular rim section .10 shown in detail in Fig. 4, one edge vot the rim section 10 carrying an outwardly di rected flange 11 provided with an inwardly directed shoulder 12 upon the outer. edge thereot. The other rim section 13 carries an outwardly directed flange 14 upon the edge thereot opposite the flange 11 upon the rim section 10, with an inwardly directed shoulder 15 carried by the outer edge ot the rim flange 14. hen the rim sections 10 and 13 are assembled, the section 13 is received upon the rim section 10, side flanges 11 and 14 and shoulders 12 and 13 constituting a retaining means tor the base portion 7 ot the tire, the shoulders 12 and 15 extending into the annular pockets 8 formed by the base portion 7. It will be noted that the depth of the flange 11 upon the inner rim section 10 is substantially equal to the depth of the flange 14 upon the outer rim section 13 combined with the thickness ot the outer rim section so that the shoulders 12 and 15 upon the rim flanges are alined tor engaging the tire beads.

As shown in Fig. 3, a telly band 16 is permanently secured as at 17 to the outer tace ot the telly 2, one side or" the telly band 13 being provided with an outwardly directed flange 18 that is engaged by the flange 11 upon the rim section 10 to limit the sliding movement ot the rim sections 10 and 13 thereon.

To retain the sectional rim upon the telly 2, the bolts 5 extending transversely ot the telly 2 receive upon the threaded projecting ends thereot, clamps 4, as clearlv shown in Figure 1 and 2, the outer ends or the clamps engaging the rim flange 14 and cooperating with the telly band flange 18 tor securely locking the sectional rim upon the wheel telly.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 7 the tire 1 is of a form thus adapted for use in connection with trucks or other hauling vehicles, the same having straight side Walls 19 with in-cut annular grooves 8, to receive the flange shoulders 12 and 15, while the base portion 7 of the tire is covered by a reinforcing fabric band 20.

From the above detailed description of the device, it is believed that the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent, and while there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that various forms, modifications and arrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

A structure for demountably carrying a solid tire wherein said tire will be centrally located in respect to the central vertical plane of the structure and wherein no outward radial wedging action will occur, comprising a felly, a permanent felly band providing a bearing surface equal in width to the felly and entirely extending at right angles to the vertical plane of the latter, a

flange formed on one edge of the felly band with its inner bearing face positioned entirely in the vertical plane of the adjacent edge of the telly, an inner rim section of equal width to the bearing surface of the felly band flushly engaging the said surface and having a tire bead clinching flange at one edge provided with an outer side face liushly engaging the bearing face of the felly band flange, an outer rim section of less width than the inner rim section fiushly engaging the same and having a tire bead clinching flange at one edge opposing the similar portion of the inner rim section, the space between the tire bead clinching flange and the bearing surface of the inner rim section being greater than the space between the tire bead clinching flange and the bearing surface of the outer rim section whereby to accommodate the bearing surface of the outer rim section and the beaded base portion of the solid tire, and the inner rim section and the flanged edge of the outer rim section adapted to be retained on the felly band by rim securing means.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NICHOLAS B. KR-EPOKAVICH. 

